Zhi Dong Zhang, known as "Brother Wang," escaped house arrest in Mexico in July and has now been transferred into U.S. custody, officials said.

Melissa has already turned deadly across Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but AccuWeather meteorologists warn that the worst may be yet to come with the storm on track to intensify.

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify over the coming weekend, posing an extreme and life-threatening threat to parts of the Caribbean, with a dangerous major hurricane landfall now predicted for Cuba next week.

Cuba has arrested a suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped from custody in Mexico and is also wanted by the United States, the Mexican government said Wednesday.

Zhang was first arrested in Mexico City in October 2024. He was accused of running a massive drug and money-laundering operation connected to the Sinaloa and Jalisco Nueva Generación cartels, with ties reaching into the U.S., Europe, and Asia.

Cuba’s 94-year-old ruler Raúl Castro, who is officially retired, reappeared this week to preside over a rare national defense council meeting and reassert that he is Cuba’s ruler amid Havana’s increasing fears over chances of a U.

Hundreds of people in Cuba have attended a Mass to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Celia Cruz’s birth just days after authorities canceled a theater performance in honor of the revered singer without explanation,

An alleged fentanyl kingpin wanted in both the United States and Mexico has been arrested in Cuba, the Mexican government confirmed.

The U.S. Navy was evacuating hundreds of residents from its base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, ahead of Melissa after the commander there expanded an earlier order to include all “non-mission-essential-U.S. citizens.”

Much has been made of the deployment of U.S. naval forces in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela, to interdict and sink ships belonging to drug